Yeah, yeah, yeah, I probably should save it until we see whether the Bears answer an important question against the Vikings on Sunday night:

Can they finally beat a team with a winning record?

This is not to diminish the Bears’ six victories in their nine games so far. Good teams beat bad teams.

Good teams also beat good teams, and while I probably should control myself, sorry, Stevie Sunshine has no discipline, and besides, it’s fun to imagine where this thing with the first-place Bears is going. Maybe this giddiness stems from having little experience writing the phrase “first-place Bears,’’ but it’s a kick to come up with a comparison — another team that can serve as a GPS in the NFL.

The tweet version of those Seahawks and the nine games of these Bears would go like this:

A dominating defense ruining opponents and a young, talented quarterback on a rookie contract running around making big plays.

Those Seahawks were known for the “Legion of Boom’’ and elusive, poised quarterback Russell Wilson. The NFL has taken the “boom’’ out of football — moment of silence, please — and Wilson has gotten paid, but in a salary-cap world, that’s still a winning formula.

Even if you think I'm waking and baking here, the numbers between those Seahawks and these Bears explain how a guy could get carried away.

Those Seahawks allowed the fewest yards overall and fewest yards per play. These Bears stand third in both categories, but the main point is, we’re talking about a top-five defense, the most reliable indicator of a Super Bowl contender.

Those Seahawks led the league with 28 interceptions. Eight players on that defense registered an interception, led by cornerback Richard Sherman’s eight and safety Earl Thomas’ five.

These Bears lead the league with 16, putting them on a pace for 26. Ten Bears already have picked off an opponent, led by cornerback Kyle Fuller’s four.

Those Seahawks led the league with 44 sacks amassed by 13 players, led by Michael Bennett’s 8½ and Cliff Avril’s eight.

These Bears have 30 sacks, leaving them one off the league lead and putting them on pace for 50. Fifty, do you hear me? Fourteen Bears already have at least one sack, led by Khalil Mack’s seven in seven games.

One area dogging the Bears is their red-zone percentage, allowing a touchdown an unacceptable 68.4 percent of the time. By comparison, those 2013 Seahawks led the league at 36.1 percent. Fix this.

A week-by-week look at how Bears outside linebacker Khalil Mack has fared during the 2018 season. (Note: The Bears had a bye week in Week 5.)

(Chicago Tribune)

The golden ticket, though, is Mitch Trubisky, who’s still on his rookie contract while playing like he already has been paid Mike Glennon money, same as Wilson did for those Seahawks.

Wilson finished with a 101.2 quarterback rating, seventh-best that season. Trubisky’s rating is 101.6, good enough for 10th.

Wilson threw 26 touchdown passes for those Seahawks, tying for ninth in the NFL. Trubisky also ranks ninth for these Bears with 19 and is on a pace to exceed 30, which would be a franchise record.

An important asset for both quarterbacks is their ability to run. In 2013, Wilson averaged 5.6 yards per carry and 33.7 yards per game. This season, Trubisky is averaging 7.8 and 35.6.

Yeah, the NFL has rigged things for the offense each year since the Seahawks’ championship, but hey, somebody has to rank in the top 10, and Trubisky says hi.

Trubisky steps into Sunday night’s prime-time spotlight coming off perhaps the best game of his career, directing four touchdown drives on the Bears’ first four possessions to destroy the Lions. He will be facing a much better defense while hewing to the kind of formula that can make a guy giddy.